This is my first post as a newbie; I've been reading these forums for a couple of weeks and have a few questions for some people who have been lifting for a while.
My main goal at this time is to gain size and strength. 5'10 140lb
1. How long do you rest between sets. I normally time myself for exactly 1 min. Some people rest 90 sec and others two minutes or longer. What would be the ideal rest time between sets.? Would the type of muscle your're training matter, or the kind of exercise your doing ie. bench press? I plan on doing the 5x5x5 and was curious how long I should rest between sets.
2. Obviously, everyone has a different way of training and not everyone shares the same philosophy. This is a two part question:
a.) When training a body part, let's take biceps as an example, how do you determine how many exercises or sets you are going to do? I'm content on doing 2 exercises per body part and around 3 sets; my muscles are sore after doing this (probably because I'm starting out) I've heard of people doing up to 5-6 different exercises. Should I count exercises or sets?
b.) Using biceps as an example again, let's say you finished your standing barbell curls, how long do you wait until you do your next bicep exercise? Do you rest (if so, how long) or do you go to your next bicep exercise? Or, do you do another exercise, like triceps, in between your bicep workout? Basically, how long do you wait until you do your second, third exercise to train the same body part?
Thank you all in advance
My main goal at this time is to gain size and strength. 5'10 140lb
1. How long do you rest between sets. I normally time myself for exactly 1 min. Some people rest 90 sec and others two minutes or longer. What would be the ideal rest time between sets.? Would the type of muscle your're training matter, or the kind of exercise your doing ie. bench press? I plan on doing the 5x5x5 and was curious how long I should rest between sets.
2. Obviously, everyone has a different way of training and not everyone shares the same philosophy. This is a two part question:
a.) When training a body part, let's take biceps as an example, how do you determine how many exercises or sets you are going to do? I'm content on doing 2 exercises per body part and around 3 sets; my muscles are sore after doing this (probably because I'm starting out) I've heard of people doing up to 5-6 different exercises. Should I count exercises or sets?
b.) Using biceps as an example again, let's say you finished your standing barbell curls, how long do you wait until you do your next bicep exercise? Do you rest (if so, how long) or do you go to your next bicep exercise? Or, do you do another exercise, like triceps, in between your bicep workout? Basically, how long do you wait until you do your second, third exercise to train the same body part?
Thank you all in advance